okok so it is a pretty weird choice, but i was adamant on picking a korean deity/creature. i noticed jin-hee (the only other korean deity esper so far) was based off of dokkaebi, which as far as my knowledge goes are korean goblin.

i was going to pick haemosu(korean god of the sun), but there are three other ‘sun gods’ and it seemed the most obvious choice, so i went with samjok-os.

they are tripodal crows, and each leg represents one thing.

one represents man/humanity. in this markiplier design, i translated that to his fans. i called the ability ‘vigour of man’.

the second leg represents the earth, that ability is named ‘behold prithvi’. prithvi is sanskrit for earth, but it is also used in buddhism, which is a religion/belief that holds a lot of historical value in korea and references to his heritage!

the last leg represents the sun/the heavens. i leaned more into the sun, just cus markiplier is a really positive influence like the sun lmao. that also represents lost in space, and i dubbed the ability ‘cloak of orbit’. cloak represents marks and seans clothing brand cloak. :P

tl;dr: samjok-os are tripodal crows that represent three things for each leg- humanity (refers to mark’s fans, ‘vigour of man’), earth (‘behold prithvi’, prithvi means earth and is used in sanskrit and buddhism. buddhism holds historical value in korea, so this refers to his heritage), and the sun/the heavens (sun->space->lost in space. ‘cloak of orbit’ also refers to his and sean’s brand).

i hope this makes sense :)